The kings are staging closer to shore on Lake Ontario, while in the bays, largemouth are hitting along weedlines and points, and over in the river, walleyes and bass are hitting stickbaits.
Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report – May 20, 2021
Frank Campbell
Finnan Murphy of Pittsford won the spring LOC Derby with this 26-pound, 10-ounce Niagara Bar king salmon. He caught it the last morning of the contest. Young 12-year-old Finnan Murphy of Pittsford was on cloud 9 last Sunday, May 16, the final day of the Lake Ontario Counties (LOC) Spring Trout and Salmon Derby. At 9:30 a.m., he hooked up with the biggest salmon of his young life while fishing out of Wilson, with Capt. Kip Mammano of RochesterSportfishing.com, Finnan’s father Shane, and two other father-son couples as part of an annual trip on this Great Lake. Thirty minutes later, they netted the winning 26-pound, 10-ounce salmon. Murphy won the Grand Prize, a check for $15,000! He beat out 76-year-old Walt Zebker of Grand Island with a 25-pound, 12-ounce king he reeled in fishing with Capt. Mike Mongan of Grand Island on the Niagara Bar. No matter how old you are, you still have a chance at catching a